Method for providing a predetermined beauty treatment

ABSTRACT

The beauty or skin-care treatment may be a single use system for providing a manicure or pedicure treatment or other beauty or skin-care service. Each primary packaging that may be provided with the beauty or skin-care treatment may contain a beauty or skin-care product that may be used in providing the treatments. The beauty or skin-care treatment may include multiple primary packages in the form of single-serve packaging provided collectively as a set. The set may be housed in the secondary packaging and packaged together to form a multi-step treatment. The beauty or skin-care products contained in the single-serve packaging may be made of ingredients beneficial to the skin and may include products to aid in sanitizing, exfoliating, nourishing, hydrating and moisturizing the skin.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a Continuation of co-pending U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 15/099,315 filed on Apr. 14, 2016 which claims the benefit ofU.S. Provisional Application No. 62/147,899, filed Apr. 15, 2015, theentire contents of which is herein incorporated by reference.

FIELD OF DISCLOSURE

The present disclosure relates generally to a beauty product and morespecifically to a method, apparatus, and system for beauty or skin-careservices and products.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

Skin care products are often used in providing manicure and pedicure, orother beauty or skin-care services for women as well as men. While thereare myriad of skin care products available in the market like those thatmay be used in the various steps in a beauty or skin-care treatment,these skin-care products are often sold separately and in bulk ormulti-use packaging.

This bulk packaging, often in five gallon containers, may be unsightlyand take up limited space in a spa or salon, and at the same time may beunsuitable to provide display or point of sale advertisement of theservice provided.

The multi-use packaging also affects how sanitary, effective, orpleasing to the senses the skin-care product may be. In bulk packaging,the skin-care or beauty product may become contaminated from repeatedcontact with technicians or users and the environment as a result ofbeing accessed many times as a technician accesses the contents of themulti-use packaging on a repeated basis. Beauty and skin-care productsstored in multi-use packaging may also suffer from a reduced shelf-lifedue to repeated exposure to the environment each time a technicianaccesses the contents of the multi-use packaging. The beauty orskin-care product may accordingly also suffer from reduced quality anddiminished aroma and may become stale.

The application of beauty and skin-care products from multi-usepackaging may also be imprecise, as there may not be a way to administera consistent application of product to each user. Each technician mayhave his or her own idea of how much beauty or skin-care product isappropriate for an application for each given user. This may make itdifficult for a service provider to provide a standardized andconsistent beauty or skin-care treatment to its customer.

Bulk or multi-service packaging may also make it more difficult for aservice provider to keep track of its inventory when it may not be surehow many servings may be found in the multi-use packaging. A serviceprovider may also have to make large initial investments in bulkmulti-use packaging of beauty and skin-care product, and thus, may alsobe hesitant to make similar investments to try new products and servicethat may also require upfront costs.

There exists an unfulfilled need for an improved beauty or skin-caretreatment that allows delivery of a pre-measured amounts of beauty orskin-care product contained in single-serve packaging and collectedtogether as a multi-step treatment that may overcome these and otherconcerns

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

In accordance with the disclosed subject matter, a single use system forproviding a manicure or pedicure treatment, or other beauty or skin-caretreatment, is provided.

According to an aspect of this disclosure, a system for beauty orskin-care treatments is provided, comprising a plurality of skin-careproducts, wherein the skin-care products may include at least one of ascrub and a lotion. The plurality of skin-care products may be providedin single-serve packages and may share a common fragrance. The commonfragrance may also provide aromatherapy and each of the single-servepackages may indicate the common fragrance and each single-serve packagemay comprise a step in a beauty or skin-care treatment. The single-servepackages may be disposed collectively in an outer package.

According to another aspect of the system for beauty or skin-caretreatments, the plurality of skin-care products may further comprise atleast one of a mask and a soak and may further comprise at least one ofa callus remover and a moisturizer. The common fragrance may be derivedfrom an aromatic ingredient and the common fragrance may also be derivedfrom the group consisting of green tea, lemon, lavender, seaweed,grapefruit, olive oil, tangerine, cucumber, milk and honey, and aloe.The aromatic ingredient may also be a natural extract.

According to another aspect of the system for beauty or skin-caretreatments, the single-serve package may comprise a wider width at abottom end and a narrower width at a top end and may also comprise asilhouette of a bottle having a neck portion and a body portion. Thesingle-serve package may comprise a notch on an edge to allow foropening of the single-serve package. The single-serve package may alsobe color-coded to indicate the common fragrance. According to anotheraspect of the system for beauty or skin-care treatments, the outerpackage may be substantially transparent and the outer package may becolor-coded to indicate the common fragrance. The plurality of skin-careproducts may comprise a multi-step treatment for a pedicure or manicuretreatment.

According to another aspect of the system for beauty or skin-caretreatments, the single-serve packages may prevent contamination of theskin-care products and the single-serve packages may compriseultraviolet protective material. The plurality of skin-care products maynot be exposed to the environment until used and the single-servepackages may standardize the beauty or skin-care treatment, The outerpackaging may further comprise a display to customers for the beauty orskin-care treatment and a service provider may provide new skin-careproducts and new beauty or skin-care treatments to spa customers withoutinitial investment in a bulk supply of skin-care products and a serviceprovider may inventory its the beauty or skin-care treatments.

According to yet another aspect of the disclosure, a beauty treatment isprovided, comprising a plurality of skin-care products, wherein theskin-care products may include at least one of a scrub and a lotion, theplurality of skin-care products may be provided in single-serve packagesand share a common characteristic; each of the single-serve packages maybe coded based on the common characteristic; each single-serve packagesmay comprise a step in a multi-step beauty treatment; and thesingle-serve packages may be collected in an outer package.

According to another aspect of the beauty treatments, the commoncharacteristic may be a fragrance and each of the single-serve packagesmay be color-coded based on the common characteristic.

According to yet another aspect of the disclosure, a beauty or skin-caretreatment is provided, comprising a plurality of skin-care products,wherein the skin-care products may include at least one of a scrub, asoak, a mask, a lotion, and a moisturizer, the plurality of skin-careproducts may be provided in individual single-serve sachets and mayshare a common aromatic ingredient; each of the individual single-servesachets may indicate the common aromatic ingredient; each individualsingle-serve sachet may comprise a step in a beauty or skin-caretreatment; the individual single-serve sachets may each be disposed in aset for a single use; and wherein the plurality of skin-care productsmay comprise a multi-step treatment.

According to another aspect of the beauty or skin-care treatment, thebeauty or skin-care treatment may comprise a pedicure or manicuretreatment. The individual single-serve sachets may be coded to indicatethe common aromatic ingredient.

According to yet another aspect of the disclosure, a method forproviding a beauty treatment is provided, which may comprise: selectinga plurality of steps in a multi-step beauty treatment; selecting afragrance for the multi-step beauty treatment; identifying a skin-careproduct having the selected fragrance for each of the plurality of stepsselected; filling a plurality of single-serve sachets with the skin-careproduct for each of the plurality of steps selected; labeling each ofthe single-serve sachets with an associate step; and disposing theplurality of single-serve sachets as a single use set.

According to yet another aspect of the disclosure, the method mayfurther comprise the step of color-coding the plurality of single-servesachets with a color associated with the selected fragrance; the step ofdisplaying the plurality of single-serve sachets in a partiallytransparent package; and the step of selecting a beauty treatment fromamong a manicure or a pedicure.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the features of thedisclosed subject matter in order that the detailed description thereofthat follows may be better understood, and in order that the presentcontribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course,additional features of the disclosed subject matter that will bedescribed hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of theclaims appended hereto.

In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of thedisclosed subject matter in detail, it is to be understood that thedisclosed subject matter is not limited in its application to thedetails of construction and to the arrangements of the components setforth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. Thedisclosed subject matter is capable of other embodiments and of beingpracticed and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understoodthat the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purposeof description and should not be regarded as limiting.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception,upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basisfor the designing of other structures for carrying out the severalpurposes of the disclosed subject matter. It is important, therefore,that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructionsinsofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the disclosedsubject matter.

These together with the other objects of the disclosed subject matter,along with the various features of novelty which characterize thedisclosed subject matter, are pointed out with particularity in theclaims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a betterunderstanding of the disclosed subject matter, its operating advantagesand the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be hadto the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there areillustrated preferred embodiments of the disclosed subject matter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the disclosure, are incorporated in and constitute apart of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure andtogether with the detailed description serve to explain the principlesof the disclosure. No attempt is made to show structural details of thedisclosure in more detail than may be necessary for a fundamentalunderstanding of the disclosure and the various ways in which it may bepracticed. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment according to theprinciples of the disclosure of an outer packaging of a beauty orskin-care product.

FIG. 1A is a perspective view, taken from FIG. 1 as indicated, having acut-away to show a partial inner view of an embodiment of a beauty orskin-care product according to the principles of the disclosure.

FIGS. 2A-2F are views from the front, rear, side, opposing side, top,and bottom respectively, of an embodiment of a beauty or skin-careproduct according to the principles of the disclosure of an outerpackaging of a beauty product as illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a beauty or skin-careproduct according to the principles of the disclosure of an innerpackaging of a beauty product.

FIGS. 4A-4F are views from the front, rear, side, opposing side, top,and bottom respectively, of an embodiment of a beauty or skin-careproduct according to the principles of the disclosure of an innerpackaging of a beauty product as illustrated in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is an example of a multi-layer material for an inner packaging ofa beauty or skin-care product as illustrated in FIG. 3 in an embodimentaccording to the principles of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a front plan view of a set 1 through nth inner packages asillustrated in FIG. 3 in an embodiment according to the principles ofthe disclosure.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a method for making the beauty or skin-careproduct, according to the principles of the disclosure.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a method for using the beauty or skin-careproduct, according to the principles of the disclosure.

The present disclosure is further described in the detailed descriptionthat follows.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosure and the various features and advantageous details thereofare explained more fully with reference to the non-limiting embodimentsand examples that are described and/or illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and detailed in the following description. It should be notedthat the features illustrated in the drawings are not necessarily drawnto scale, and features of one embodiment may be employed with otherembodiments as the skilled artisan would recognize, even if notexplicitly stated herein. Descriptions of well-known components,processing, and techniques may be omitted so as to not unnecessarilyobscure the embodiments of the disclosure. The examples used herein areintended merely to facilitate an understanding of ways in which thedisclosure may be practiced and to further enable those of skill in theart to practice the embodiments of the disclosure.

Accordingly, the examples and embodiments herein should not be construedas limiting the scope of the disclosure. Moreover, it is noted that likereference numerals represent similar parts throughout the several viewsof the drawings.

The terms “including”, “comprising” and variations thereof, as used inthis disclosure, mean “including, but not limited to”, unless expresslyspecified otherwise.

The terms “a”, “an”, and “the”, as used in this disclosure, means “oneor more”, unless expressly specified otherwise.

Although process steps, method steps, or the like, may be described in asequential order, such processes and methods may be configured to workin alternate orders. In other words, any sequence or order of steps thatmay be described does not necessarily indicate a requirement that thesteps be performed in that order. The steps of the processes or methodsdescribed herein may be performed in any order practical. Further, somesteps may be performed simultaneously.

When a single layer or article is described herein, it will be readilyapparent that more than one layer or article may be used in place of asingle layer or article. The functionality or the features of a layer orarticle may be alternatively embodied by one or more other layers orarticles which are not explicitly described as having such functionalityor features.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a beauty or skin-care product or treatment100 according to the principles of the disclosure. The beauty orskin-care product or treatment 100 may be housed in a containerpackaging 110 which may be in the form of a rectangular box, as shown inFIG. 1, or of other suitable shape and size to contain the beautytreatment 100. Container packaging, or secondary packaging, 110, as itmay also be referred to herein and discussed further below, may be usedto house various primary packaging 130 that may directly house beauty orskin-care products.

The secondary packaging 110 may be formed of plastic, paper, cardboardor other suitable material known in the art and may have an opening 120at least one end to access primary packaging 130 within. The opening 120may be configured for one-time opening or may be reclosable. Opening 120may be reclosable by folding or tucking a flap 122 into a slot orthrough any other know means of opening and closing packaging known inthe art. The secondary packaging 110 may also be accessed by tearingapart an opening 120. The secondary packaging 110 may serve to displaythe beauty or skin-care treatment 100 service to potential customers byhaving a complete treatment on display. The secondary packaging 110 mayalso include a tab or flap for hanging the beauty or skin-care treatment100 for point of sale display.

The secondary packaging 110 may be fully or partially transparent orcompletely opaque depending on design choices on its outer surface 124.The secondary packaging 110 may further include labels, lettering, or becoded to identify the beauty or skin-care treatment 100, or provideadditional information about the beauty or skin-care treatment. Thecoding may be a color coding, or a common insignia, graphic or markingto indicate a common element shared with by the primary packaging 130 orthe contents of the primary packaging.

The secondary packaging 110 may hold at least one package 130 a, 130 b,130 c . . . 130 n, containing a beauty or skin-care product such as alotion, a mask, a scrub, a soak, or the like, which may be referred toas primary packaging. While the primary packages 130 containing a beautyor skin-care product may be hidden from view by an opaque secondarypackaging 110, it may also be visible or partially visible through afully or partially transparent secondary packaging 110. FIG. 1A is acut-away view of the secondary packaging 110 showing the primarypackages 130 a, 130 b, 130 c . . . 130 n contained within secondarypackaging 110.

Tertiary packaging (not shown) may also be used for point of saledisplay and may also may further include labels, lettering, or besimilarly coded to identify the beauty treatment 100 or to indicate acommon element shared with by the primary packaging 130 or the contentsof the primary packaging.

FIGS. 3 and 4A-4F show an example of the primary packages 130 which maycontain various beauty or skin-care products. The primary package 130may be machine filled with product and sealed, which may block anyoutside air or contaminants from being exposed to the product. Thecontents of the primary packaging may thus be protected from becomingstale, contaminated, or losing quality or effectiveness due to exposureto the environment.

The primary packages 130 a, 130 b, 130 c . . . 130 n(FIG. 1A) may beformed in any shaped desired such that at least one primary package mayfit within the secondary packaging 110. In an embodiment, the primarypackages 130 a, 130 b, 130 c . . . 130 n may be formed to have a widerwidth near its lower half and a narrower width near its top end. In anembodiment illustrated in FIG. 3, the primary packaging 130 may beformed in a bottle shape or bottle silhouette shape. The primarypackaging may have a top portion 132 and a bottom portion 134. Theprimary packaging may have a top portion which may resemble the neck ofthe bottle and may have a bottom portion that may resemble the body of abottle. In an embodiment, the primary package 130 may be designed to beself-standing if a user rested it on a surface during a treatment.

The primary packaging 130 may include a slight groove, slice,perforation, or notch 136 on a perimeter 137 edge which may be used tofacilitate opening the package 130 and accessing its contents by a user.In an embodiment, the notch 136 may be on the top portion 132. Theslight groove, slice, perforation or notch 136 may partially penetrate athin or substantially flat perimeter 137, and may allow a user to moreeasily unseal an inner, thicker pouch portion 138 of the primarypackaging 130. Providing a sealed primary package 130 having a notch 136on an edge to facilitate access to its single-service contents for asingle use, may allow for easier handling of a primary packaging 130while preventing leaks during storage and transportation.

In the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4A-4F, the secondarypackaging 130 may be in the form of a pouch or a packet, or may be asachet in the form sometimes used in the beauty and skin-care industryfor single service or sample sized provision of beauty or skin-careproduct. The sachets may be individual sized and may be disposable andmeant for one-time use. The single-serve primary packages 130 may befilled with measured amounts of beauty or skin-care products sufficientfor a single application. A single-serve sachet 130 may allow a user ortechnician to apply a consistent amount of product for each step andprovide a standardized beauty or skin-care treatment for each user. Alsoa service provider may more easily track its inventory if each beauty orskin-care treatment 100 is a single treatment.

In an embodiment, the primary package 110, may be formed of plasticpolymers, such as, e.g., polyester (PET), polypropylene (PP), poly vinylchloride (PVC), polystyrene (PS), poly lactic acid (PLA), polycarbonate(PC) or the like. Alternatively, (or additionally), the sachet 130 mayinclude a material that can be a blend of the plastic polymers. FIG. 5illustrates an example of a multi-layer material 500 to form a sachet130. In an embodiment, the sachet 130 may include three layered UVprotective and light resistant materials 510, 520, and 530 to allow forlonger shelf life of material(s) inside the sachet 130. The multi-layermaterial 500 may be formed from methods that may include lamination,vacuum-metalization, vapour-deposited coat, an extrusion, and/orcalendered plastic to extrude the UV protective material. The extrusionand/or calendered process may include, for example, blown filmextrusion, sheet/film extrusion, tubing extrusion, overjackingextrusion, coextrusion, extrusion coating, film casting, calendering,and the like.

The beauty or skin-care treatment 100 may be a single use system forproviding a manicure or pedicure treatment or other beauty or skin-caretreatment. Each primary packaging 130 that may be provided with thebeauty or skin-care treatment 100 may contain a beauty or skin-careproduct that may be used to provide manicure, pedicure, or any otherbeauty or skin-care treatment. The beauty or skin-care treatment 100 mayinclude multiple primary packages 130 in the form of single-servepackaging 130 provided collectively as a set. The set may be housed inthe secondary packaging 110 and packaged together to form a manicure orpedicure spa treatment 100. The beauty or skin-care products containedin the single-serve packaging 130 may be made of ingredients beneficialto the skin and may include products to aid in sanitizing, exfoliating,nourishing, hydrating and moisturizing the skin.

In an embodiment, the beauty or skin-care treatment 100 may be providedfor use in pedicure or manicure treatments, where the appropriate beautyor skin-care products are provided for whichever type of treatment isindicated. For example, different types of beauty or skin-care productsmay be more appropriate for a hand treatment than for a foot treatment,although some beauty or skin-care products may be used with many beautyor skin-care treatments commonly used in the industry. The primarypackaging 130 may contain a single-serving of an indicated beauty orskin-care product to allow a user or technician to apply the beauty orskin-care product as a step as part of treatment.

Because the primary packaging 130 may contain a pre-measured amount ofan indicated beauty or skin-care product, a standardized application ofproduct may be possible. Also a service provider may be able to accountfor the number of treatments in its inventory or the precise number ofadditional treatments it may choose to buy.

Examples of the types of beauty or skin-care products contemplated mayinclude scrubs, soaks, masks, lotions, callus removers and moisturizers.This list is non-exhaustive and any beauty or skin-care products knownin the art for use in manicure or pedicure treatments, or applicablebeauty or skin-care treatment of the types provided in spas, salon, oradministered at home, are contemplated. The beauty or skin-caretreatment 100 may also be applied to any other spa, salon, or skintreatments, such as facials, massages, waxings, etc. Other beauty orskin-care products may include peels, waxes, or gels. This disclosure isnot limited with regard to whether a treatment is predominately beautyrelated or skin-care related and it is contemplated that there may besubstantial overlap between each.

In an embodiment, the beauty or skin-care treatment 100 may include atleast two steps in the treatment, and accordingly may comprise at leasttwo primary packages 130 of single-serve beauty or skin-care products.In various embodiments, the beauty treatment 100 may be a “two step inone” treatment, a “three step in one” treatment, a “four step in one”treatment, a “five step in one” treatment, a “six step in one” treatmentthrough a “nth step in one” treatment, as illustrated in FIG. 6.

In an embodiment, two included steps may be a scrub and a lotion. Inanother embodiment, additional steps may be a mask and soak. Furtheradditional steps, in yet other embodiments may include callus removersand moisturizers. The number and order of the primary packages 130 andthe steps is not intended to be limiting and the beauty or skin-caretreatment 100 primary packages 130 may be assembled inside the secondarypackage 110 in any order.

For purposes of this disclosure, the term scrub may also include variousknown exfoliators and abrasives, and may act on the skin eitherphysically or mechanically or provide a chemical scrub. Types of scrubsmay include salts, sugars, silica, microbeads baking soda, steric acid,and various other scrubs known in the art.

For purposes of this disclosure, the term soak may also include variousknown baths. Types of soaks may include salts, bubble baths, confettisoaps, and various other soaks known in the art.

For purposes of this disclosure, the term lotion may also includevarious known moisturizers, creams, butters, emulsions and essences.Types of lotions may include massaging and hydrating lotions, andvarious other lotions known in the art.

Embodiments of sets of steps for a 3 in 1 beauty or skin-care treatment100 may include three sachets 130, for example, including one each of ascrub, a mask, and a lotion or including three sachets 130, one each ofa soak, a scrub, and a lotion. Embodiment of sets of steps for a 4 in 1beauty or skin-care treatment 100 may include fours sachets 130, forexample, including one each of a soak, a scrub, a mask, and a lotion.Embodiments of sets of steps for a 6 in 1 beauty or skin-care treatment100 may include six sachets 130, for example, including a soak, a scrub,a mask, a lotion, a callus remover, and a moisturizer. Examples of setsof steps for a 7 in 1 beauty or skin-care treatment 100 may includeseven sachets 130, for example, including a soak, a scrub, a mask, alotion, a callus remover, a moisturizer, and a gel. The number of steps,the specific steps, and the order of the steps are not meant to belimiting, but are offered as examples of all in one, single serve,multi-step sets for a beauty or skin-care treatment 100.

In an embodiment, each of the steps for multi-step sets for a beautytreatment 100 may share one or more common characteristics. A commoncharacteristic may be a scent, fragrance, perfume, or aroma. A commoncharacteristic may also be a common essence or natural extract. Eachsachet 130 may be coded to indicate the common characteristics. Thecoding may be a written description, a color coding, or an image orgraphic on the primary packaging 130 to describe the commoncharacteristic to a user or purchaser of the beauty or skin-caretreatment 100. The coding may also be implemented on the secondarypackage 110, or also on any tertiary packaging. The secondary packaging110 may also be at least partially transparent, which may make thecoding on the primary packaging 100 visible to a user or purchaser. Acommon scent, fragrance, or aroma may also provide an aroma therapytreatment. The aroma therapy benefit may extend to each step in thebeauty treatment 100 where a common characteristic may also be a commonessence or natural extract that may provide additional health, beauty orskin-care benefits to a user of the beauty or skin-care treatment 100. Anon-limiting and non-exhaustive list of examples of common or naturalextracts that may be used in a beauty treatment 100 are green teaextract, lemon, lavender extract, seaweed extract, grapefruit, oliveoil, tangerine, cucumber, milk and honey, and aloe.

Green Tea may reduce dryness in skin. Along with hydration, green teamay also be used to prevent premature aging of the skin, fight freeradical damage and promote overall skin health.

Lemon is rich in fruit acids and may be a natural beautifying agent.Lemon contains enzymes which may help to cleanse the skin of dead cellsand it antioxidants may help to flush away toxins and replenish theskin.

Lavender may provide benefits through antiseptic and anti-fungalproperties which may help to reduce scarring and speed healing. Lavendermay also boost the circulatory system, which may help increase the flowof oxygen and nutrients to the skin.

Seaweed extract may help nourish, protect, and increase circulation.Peppermint gives skin a cooling sensation for dry and hot days.

Vitamin C may protect skin cells and the skin's support structure.Vitamin C is an antioxidant that may slow the rate of free-radicaldamage which may cause skin dryness & wrinkles.

Olive oil provides antioxidants such as vitamin A and vitamin E that mayhelp repair and renew skin damaged from environmental exposure.

Tangerine may have anti-fungal and antiseptic properties which may helpprevent and treat skin infections and stretch marks.

Cucumber may have the same hydrogen level as one's skin which may soothand soften skin and hide problem areas.

Milk and Honey may contain antioxidants that are beneficial to the skinand body.

Aloe may contain a plethora of antioxidants including beta carotene,vitamin C, and vitamin E that may help improve the skin's naturalfirmness and keep the skin fully replenished and hydrated.

A beauty or skin-care treatment is a service provided to customers oftenoffered by spas, salons, and similar types of businesses. In embodimentsof the beauty or skin-care treatment 100 disclosed herein, the beautyand skin-care products used in that treatment 100 may be purchased,stored, displayed, sold and used as a single-use good or product,allowing a service provided a new way to inventory the number ofservices or treatments it has or is able to provide simply by accountingfor the number of beauty or skin-care treatments 100.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a method for providing a beauty or skin-caretreatment 100. The method may include selecting a plurality of steps ina multi-step pedicure or manicure treatment 100 (710), and selecting afragrance for the multi-step pedicure or manicure treatment 100 (720).The method may also include identifying a skin-care product with theselected fragrance for each of the steps selected (730) and fillingsingle-serve sachets 130 with the skin-care product for each of thesteps selected (740). The single-serve sachets 130 may be labeled withits associate step (750) and the sachets 130 may be collected as a set110 (760).

The method may also include color-coding the single-serve sachets 130with a color associated with the selected fragrance and displaying thecollection of single-serve sachets 110 in a partially transparentpackage 110.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a method 800 for using a beauty or skin-caretreatment 100. The method 800 may include: opening a beauty productwherein the beauty product may include at least one of the followingpackages: Scrub, Sugar Scrub, Mud Masque, Massage Lotion, and a SaltSoak (Step 810); taking the package out of the beauty product (Step820); opening the package by ripping open a slight groove wherein theslight groove may be located in a top portion of the package (Step 830);and applying a material inside the package onto a user's skin (Step840).

When a primary packaging 130 is used as a part of the beauty orskin-care treatment, it may be opened for the first and only time duringa particular treatment. Thus, a service provider may avoid theapplication of product that may have been previously in contact with theenvironment, another technician or client's hands, or any otherpotential contaminants that may result from accessing product containedin multi-use or bulk packaging. The sealed and ultraviolet resistantprimary packaging 130 may allow a service provider to provide beauty orskin-care products may be more fresh, effective, aromatic, and sanitarythan if found in packaging had been previously opened or exposed to theenvironment.

While the disclosure has been described in terms of exemplaryembodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the disclosurecan be practiced with modifications in the spirit and scope of theappended claims. These examples are merely illustrative and are notmeant to be an exhaustive list of all possible designs, embodiments,applications or modifications of the disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for providing a predetermined beautytreatment comprising: selecting a number of steps to be performed forthe predetermined beauty treatment; selecting a common characteristicfor each of the selected steps; manufacturing a separate packet ofproduct to be used for each of the steps in the predetermined beautytreatment; labeling each separate packet with indicia representative ofthe selected step to which the packet corresponds; providing a packagingconfigured exclusively for the predetermined beauty treatment, saidpackaging being sized to only fit the manufactured separate packets ofproduct for each of the steps to be used in the predetermined beautytreatment; inserting each of the manufactured packets into the providedpackaging; and labeling the packaging with indicia representative of thepredetermined beauty treatment.
 2. The method according to claim 1,wherein said manufacturing a separate packet of product furthercomprises providing a notch on an edge of said separate packet tofacilitate opening of said packet.
 3. The method of claim 1, whereinsaid manufacturing a separate packet of product further comprisesutilizing at least one layer having UV protective and light resistantproperties.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said common characteristiccomprises one selected from a group consisting of a fragrance, a scent,a perfume, and an aroma.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein said commoncharacteristic comprises a common essence or a natural extract.
 6. Themethod of claim 1, wherein said predetermined beauty treatment is apedicure or a manicure.
 7. A method for implementing and providing apredetermined beauty treatment comprising: manufacturing separatepackets of product to be used sequentially in the providing of thepredetermined beauty treatment; labeling each manufactured separatepacket with indicia representative of the sequential use to which thepacket corresponds in the predetermined beauty treatment; providing apackaging configured exclusively for the predetermined beauty treatment,said packaging being sized to fit a predetermined number of saidmanufactured separate packets corresponding to the predetermined beautytreatment; inserting each of the manufactured separate packets for thepredetermined beauty treatment into the provided packaging; and labelingthe packaging with indicia representative of the predetermined beautytreatment.
 8. The method of claim 7, wherein said manufacturing furthercomprises utilizing at least one layer having UV protective and lightresistant properties.
 9. The method of claim 8, wherein saidmanufacturing further comprises providing a notch on an edge of eachseparate packet to facilitate opening of said packet.
 10. The method ofclaim 7, wherein said manufacturing further comprises selecting a commoncharacteristic for the manufactured separate packets based on thepredetermined beauty treatment to be provided.
 11. The method of claim10, wherein said common characteristic comprises one selected from agroup consisting of a fragrance, a scent, a perfume, and an aroma. 12.The method of claim 10, wherein said common characteristic comprises acommon essence or a natural extract.
 13. The method of claim 7, whereinsaid predetermined beauty treatment is a pedicure or a manicure.